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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

worm•seed n.

Drugsthe dried, unexpanded flower heads of a wormwood, Artemisia cina (Levant wormseed,) or the fruit of certain goosefoots, esp. Chenopodium anthelminticum (or C. ambrosioides), the Mexican tea or American wormseed, used as an anthelmintic drug.
Plant Biologyany of these plants.

Middle English wyrmsed. See worm, seed 1350–1400

'wormseed' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

American wormseed - Levant wormseed - chenopodium oil - cineole - santonica - wormseed oil

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